I had never been questioned by a student regarding a plot or climax in a novel study, but the other day I had a student who came to me and asked if I knew where the climax was in the story. At the time I hadn’t read the book, and according to the student there was none even after reading the book three times, but I knew there had to be something, maybe even two somethings.

Hence the reason why Skellig moved to the top of my TBR list.

After listening to Skellig, I cannot say I agree fully with the conclusion the student had come to regarding the climax. Personally, I feel the climax is when the young protagonist, Michael, finds Skellig in the beaten up garage in the backyard. But the student thinks it’s when Skellig disappears from his new hide-out and is seen, by Michael’s mother, leaning over Joy’s hospital crib the evening before her surgery. What do you think? (Personally, finding an angel in my garage would be pretty exciting, but that’s just me)

I thought Skellig was a really quick read, good, and personally, if there wasn’t the motivation to read it for the sake of my students, I wouldn’t have even read it at all. It has some nice life lessons about hope, and patience, and has easy-to-understand language. But why it’s on the Alberta LA curriculum is beyond me…

It's very difficult to form a true conclusion as to the real identity of the individual known as Leah Smith for she is an enigma amongst humans. A tiny, canvas shoe wearing mystery who constantly eludes those trying to study her. Here's what we know to be fact, born in the late eighties (possibly) in London, under, most likely, a cloud of polution. How she ended up in Somerset remains to be seen, but end up there she did, whispering to cats, prancing about fields and fighting crime in the dead of night under the guise of 'KittenGirl.' All other information is mere sepculation, all we know for certain is that she walks among us and one day, may even save your life.